[etni] Re: Fw: teach them to read
- From: "Arlene Porath" <arleneporath@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: ask@xxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2008 05:44:19 +0300
I second this suggestion. "Teach them to read". Invest more time in
basics.
Another easy solution to help the thousands of test stressed learners is to
ease up on time constraints. An added time increment on tests makes a huge
difference for most of these students. 25% is usually not nearly enough.
How about pushing the Ministry to give 50% or even 100% extra time on
testing? Why the time stress? This carries over into our Israeli attitude
in industry that producing quickly, in order to save money, is more
important than quality results.
I have found that many of my brightest and most creative students need lots
of time to think. If we reduce the time stress, we might easily solve some
of the problems.
Arlene Porath
On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 11:50 PM, Ask_Etni <ask@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> ----- Original Message ----- From: byk - byk@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: teach them to read
>
> Wendy's comment about 'teaching them to read' was very true. Over the
> years, I have taught many pupils who couldn't read, to do so. It can be
> done, but it does take patience and trained teachers to do it. Also time!
> This is a commodity teachers have so much of, right? Reading doesn't always
> come automatically to all people, and many elementary school teachers
> haven't been trained to do it.
>
> Then again, I'm sure we've all taught students who read beautifully, sound
> as if they understand every word, then ask you what 'mother' is?
>
> HOWEVER, do remember that some people are genuinely dislexic, and their
> inability to read or to read fluently is a real handicap. Imagine my joy,
> this Shavuot, when, over dinner, my 31 year old daughter said to me "You
> know, Mummy, I can read. Bring me a newspaper." I did, and she proceeded
> to read it fluently. This miracle was accomplished because there were
> things she wanted to read on the internet, so she struggled. She still says
> ' I didn't went,' though!
>
> The final word is that, obviously, far too many students are getting
> dispesations, because when you've charged 3 or 4 thousand shekels for an
> assessment, it is only human nature to want to give something for it. Though
> I hesitate to suggest it, given our wonderful bureaucracy, I believe the
> answer lies in much more carefully controlled tests, administered by he
> ministry. And much more attention paid to teaching reading, and less to
> songs and games, many of which are only learned in a garbled fashion. Kids
> love to learn to read in second and third grade, and the teacher can give
> them hours of practice which would bore older children.
>
> Jennifer Byk
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